Wolf In Mac Clothing
August 2nd, 2009 by Adam Bauman

Adam's HackMac

Adam's HackMac

I’ve neglected the Projects section for a little too long so I finally got around to putting up a little article covering my PowerMac case mod. I’ve always been attracted to Apple’s excellent hardware design but could never talk myself into shelling out the bucks to buy an actual Mac. I found myself in need of a new case and had always wanted to do a PowerMac/MacPro modification so I set to work.

Check the article out to see how well this particular project turned out. [ Read Wolf In Mac Clothing ]

Racing Sim Super Review, Part 3 – Live for Speed
July 31st, 2009 by Adam Bauman

Live for Speed IconTime for part three in the four part Racing Sim Super Review. Tonight we’re going to look at a very popular sim, Live for Speed. Live for Speed has been in development since 2003 and put a very heavy emphases on physics from the very beginning. While it isn’t as customizable as the last two titles we’ve looked at, it does have a very nice physics engine and does a fantastic job of balancing fun and simulation.

Jump on over to the article and take a look for yourselves. [ Read Racing Sim Super Review, Part 3 - Live for Speed ]

ZenBurn for the Arduino IDE.
July 31st, 2009 by Adam Bauman

ZenBurn Arduino

ZenBurn Arduino

The first thing I had to do after building my first Arduino kit (a RBBB from moderndevice.com) was to change the eye-scorching default color scheme to something better suited for the cave-like environment I keep my computer in. I’m a big fan of ZenBurn (originally created here) and use it as the default for just about any program that’s going to require a lot of staring at tiny lines of text.

Installation is simple, follow the instructions included and your eyes will be thanking you in no time. [ Download ZenBurn for the Arduino IDE ]

Racing Sim Super Review, Part 2 – rFactor
July 27th, 2009 by Adam Bauman

rFactor IconThis is part two of four in ComputerSUKI’s Racing Sim Super Review. Today we’re going to take a look at the most flexible of simulators, rFactor. Released in late 2005 this simulator has enjoyed a pretty large user base and is loved for it’s ability to accept a large number of user generated modifications and plugins. It’s also an interesting entry because it shares the same base simulation engine as SimBin’s titles, gMotor2, which was developed by Image Space Incorporated.

Hit the link to learn more about rFactor. [ Read Racing Sim Super Review, Part 2 - rFactor ]

URBANSCREEN Takes Multimedia Buildings to a New High.
July 27th, 2009 by Adam Bauman

URBANSCREEN ThumbnailThis comes via. Freshome.com, URBANSCREEN in Germany has perfected a system for precisely projecting images onto buildings and has used it in a number of interesting ways. Their newest project, “How It Would Be, If a House Was Dreaming” has taken their artistry to new levels and is incredibly awesome to behold. Head on over to Freshome.com’s article to see it in action: Continue to Freshome.com

There are also videos of URBANSCREEN’s other projects available through their website at http://www.urbanscreen.com/

Sky News Exposes Some Nasty Privacy Violations.
July 22nd, 2009 by Adam Bauman

Protecting the integrity of a customer’s privacy has become an increasing concern among computer repair professionals, especially so after numerous big-name companies have been nail multiple times for violations.Nothing illustrates what some of these shady technicians like to do better then the investigation that Sky News just finished within the London area. Check out the video linked in their article below and see for yourself.

Don’t let this scare you from turning to the professionals when you’re in trouble, just make sure you bring your computer someone you can trust that has a well-established privacy policy in place. If you are in one of their service areas I’d highly recommend the Geek Squad, after some problems in the past the company has taken great strides to protect their customer’s data and have the best data privacy policies I have seen recently.

[ Read the Sky News article ]

Inflatable Latex the Future of Touch Screens?
July 21st, 2009 by Adam Bauman

Keypad Example

Keypad Example

Touch screens aren’t going away in the near future, they’re simply too versitile and add tremendous input capabilities to the devices they’re installed into. The one thing that’s always bugged me is that they don’t offer any feedback to the user and are difficult to operate blindly.

This may change in the near future, Researchers are Carnegie Mellon University have come up with a clever screen that uses inflatable latex chambers and rear projection to create a screen that can provide negative and positive input impressions that are pressure sensitive and support multi-touch gesturing. Click Here to read Popular Science’s article and to see a video of the screen in action.

Sonic840’s Computer Hardware Poster
July 20th, 2009 by Adam Bauman

Awesome

Awesome

This has probably been blogged to death by now, but a user by the name of Sonic840 over at deviantART.com has single handedly created one of the greatest geek posters of our time. In the image you’ll find a picture of just about every major connector featured in a PC within the last 20 years, all nicely sorted for quick reference.

Head on over and check it out, this grand creation has something for everyone from the hardcore computer aficionado to the your grandma trying to hook up her first computer. Head on over to Sonic840’s page and check it out

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